Hello all! I think it’s been long enough, and I have gotten round to summarizing the feedback.
Quite an interesting spread!
My summary is that everyone is very different in their use of ratings. Some people consider them critical, some people really don’t like them. I would not remove them, but also not make them more prominent, unless it was customisable. Having them sync and display consistently across all the MeB services, and possibly other services/players/local files/Picard, should be a focus.
Rating usage:
(note that the same person can be represented in ‘use elsewhere’ and in one of the MB bars)
All feedback, summary:
(note that the same user can be represented across multiple items as well as sub-items)
Don't use ratings in MB IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
- Don't want to ever use them IIII
- More likely to use them if they synced with local files/media players (import/export) IIII
- More likely to use if there were more (chicken/egg situation) III
- More likely to use them in LB II
- More likely to just use like/not like II
Do use ratings in MB IIIIIIII
- Discovery and what to get/listen to II
- Organise playlists I
- Remembering what I like I
Do use ratings in CB II
Use ratings in other sites IIIIIIIIIIII
- Other music site/media player/tags IIIIIIIII
- GoodReads III
- RYM II
- Professional music reviews/sites I
- Other I
Display
- Leave as is IIIII
- Would like to hide them IIII
- Make more prominent II
Half star vs whole star
- Prefer half star ratings III
- Prefer whole star ratings II
Misc
- Have them sync + display across all MeB sites IIIIIII
- Ratings don't mean much IIIIIII
- Ratings are personal IIIII
- Ratings are better with context III
- Important to have it usable via Picard II
- Not objective enough for MB III
- Have 'badges' III
- Be able to rate songs from LB II
- Want ratings gone completely I
- Allow to review specific releases I